Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 in Costa Rica

Costa Rica: Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 was 0.9% in 2021. ▲ Rising

Latest (2021)
0.9%
Change on year
up 0.4%
World rank
18th
of 90 countries
All-time high
0.9%
in 2017
All-time low
0.5%
in 1992
Years of data
33
1989–2021

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 in Costa Rica, 1989–2021

00.20.40.60.81989200520211989: 0.596 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1990: 0.574 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1991: 0.563 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1992: 0.473 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1993: 0.56 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1994: 0.745 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1995: 0.752 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1996: 0.629 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1997: 0.673 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1998: 0.619 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector1999: 0.673 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2000: 0.692 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2001: 0.728 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2002: 0.687 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2003: 0.713 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2004: 0.711 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2005: 0.777 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2006: 0.744 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2007: 0.826 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2008: 0.808 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2009: 0.786 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2010: 0.786 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2011: 0.832 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2012: 0.81 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2013: 0.841 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2014: 0.855 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2015: 0.859 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2016: 0.794 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2017: 0.879 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2018: 0.873 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2019: 0.876 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2020: 0.867 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector2021: 0.87 % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector

Source: World Bank. Measured in % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector.

Analysis

Costa Rica recorded 0.9% for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 in 2021.

The figure is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 4.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 in Costa Rica peaked at 0.9% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.5%, in 1992.

That places Costa Rica 18th out of 90 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.

Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 in Costa Rica, year by year

Annual values for Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 (% of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector) in Costa Rica, 1989 to 2021.
Year % of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector Change
1989 0.6%
1990 0.6% -3.6%
1991 0.6% -1.9%
1992 0.5% -16.1%
1993 0.6% +18.4%
1994 0.7% +33.1%
1995 0.8% +0.9%
1996 0.6% -16.4%
1997 0.7% +7.1%
1998 0.6% -8.0%
1999 0.7% +8.8%
2000 0.7% +2.8%
2001 0.7% +5.1%
2002 0.7% -5.5%
2003 0.7% +3.8%
2004 0.7% -0.4%
2005 0.8% +9.3%
2006 0.7% -4.2%
2007 0.8% +11.0%
2008 0.8% -2.1%
2009 0.8% -2.7%
2010 0.8% -0.0%
2011 0.8% +5.9%
2012 0.8% -2.7%
2013 0.8% +3.9%
2014 0.9% +1.6%
2015 0.9% +0.5%
2016 0.8% -7.5%
2017 0.9% +10.6%
2018 0.9% -0.7%
2019 0.9% +0.4%
2020 0.9% -1.0%
2021 0.9% +0.4%

Costa Rica compared with similar countries

  • Costa Rica's 0.9% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.8%, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • Costa Rica's 0.9% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.5%, 1.9× the median. (21 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1980s 0.6% 0.6% 0.6% 1
1990s 0.6% 0.5% 0.8% 10
2000s 0.7% 0.7% 0.8% 10
2010s 0.8% 0.8% 0.9% 10
2020s 0.9% 0.9% 0.9% 2

Countries ranked near Costa Rica

  1. 15 Norway 0.9% compare
  2. 16 Chile 0.9% compare
  3. 17 Rwanda 0.9% compare
  4. 19 Germany 0.9% compare
  5. 20 United States of America 0.9% compare
  6. 21 Czechia 0.9% compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 in Costa Rica?
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 in Costa Rica was 0.9% in 2021, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 recorded in Costa Rica?
The highest recorded value was 0.9% in 2017.
What is the lowest wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 recorded in Costa Rica?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5% in 1992.
How does Costa Rica rank for wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24?
Costa Rica ranks 18th out of 90 countries with data for 2021.
Is wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 rising or falling in Costa Rica?
Over the last ten years it is up 4.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Costa Rica data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 (% of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Wage employment in agriculture, aged 15-24 (% of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector)
Unit
% of workers aged 15-24 in the agricultural sector
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
90 places, 1,254 data points, 1970–2021
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